Part
Voicing
Occasionally, more than one voice appears
in the same score staff (e.g. “Flutes 1 & 2” or a divisi
section). If this is the case, you may want to print separate parts, for
example, one for “Flute 1” and another for “Flute 2.” Finale can help
you hide notes to isolate a single voice in preparation for printing the
part.
There are nuances to part voicing which
make it impossible for Finale to guess entirely which notes you want to
include. In multi-part staves, markings like a2
signify both instrumentalists should perform a monophonic section in unison.
Finale cannot interpret these markings to decide which notes belong to
the voice and which should be removed like the Process
Extracted Parts plug-in can. However, with the help of Staff
Styles, parts can be modified so that only a single voice is showing while
the link to the score is retained. (The Process Extracted Part plug-in
requires the part to be extracted into another autonomous document).
When specifying part voicing, bear in mind
note attached items attached to one layer cannot be copied automatically
to another layer. Also, the following data is removed from voiced parts:
- Manual
adjustments to rests
- Stem
alterations
- Beam
alterations
- Manual
positioning of notes (including "automatic" collision avoidance
due to notes in layers that are 2nds apart, for example.)
Note: The Simple Entry,
Speedy Entry, HyperScribe and Note Mover tools are disabled for the part
once voicing is applied. You can, however, edit notation of these parts
by working with the notation of corresponding staves in the score.
Create a new part definition
and add the multi-part staff to this new part (a staff can be added to
more than one part). To this new part, apply voicing settings that
will isolate one of the voices.
- Choose Document > Manage Parts.
The Manage Parts dialog box appears.
- Choose New Part > Edit Part Name. Type the
name of the part and click OK. The new part appears in the left
list and is automatically selected.
- Select the multi-voice instrument staff from
the list on the right and click Add to Part to add it to the part.
The staff moves to the center column.
- Click to select the staff you just added to
the middle column.
- Click the Edit Voicing button to open
the Voicing for Staff in Part dialog box.
Here, you will first eliminate the majority
of extra notes by specifying the layer or chord position in which most
notes in the voice currently appear. The method you will use depends on
how the voices are delegated in the part. For example, if Flute 1 uses
layer 1 all of the time, select the All Notes in Layer radio button
and choose Layer 1 from the drop-down
menu to display layer 1 notes only. However, in many cases, a single layer will
be used to indicate two or more players should play in unison. For example,
let’s say there is a tutti section
in the middle of this part, where layer 1 is used for both Flutes 1 &
2.
- Click Selected Notes from One or More Layers.
- Choose the option that most closely describes
the vertical position of this voice. For example, if your part
is filled with two-note divisi sections, and this is the Violin 2 part,
choose Bottom Note. If there are more than two voices, choose Selected
Note(s) to indicate the note within chords of a triad or greater to display.
As you add or
remove notes while isolating voices, articulations may remain on the incorrect
side of the staff. To set articulations to automatically flip to the appropriate
side of the staff as notes/layers are added/removed, set them to Auto
Note/Stem Side under the Position drop-down menu of the Articulation Designer dialog box. (You
may have to remove manual positioning to see the effects of this setting
(select the articulations(s) and press BACKSPACE).)
- When you have configured this dialog box to
represent the majority of notes in the layer you would like to display,
click OK. For more information, see Voicing
for Staff in Part dialog box. You return to the Manage
Parts dialog box.
- Click OK. It is likely that there are
some measures in the part containing extra notes. You can use a Staff
Style to hide these sections.
- Choose the Staff tool
. Highlight the sections containing extra notes.
Right-click
the highlighted area and choose Blank Notation with Rests. The
staff style replaces notes in that layer with rests (see below). This
staff style does not hide measure attached items such as hairpins, smart
shapes, or expressions, but will hide note attached items such
as slurs. For more about Staff Styles, see Staff styles.
